Syntax
Grammar
Literary Periods Part 1
Literary Periods Part 2
Literary Periods/Short Literary Works
100
A sentence in which two independent clauses are joined by FANBOYS:
What is a compound sentence?
100
He threw me the book and I began reading it.
Comma needed after "book" and before "and."
100
This movement developed in early 19th century Europe and the US in which authors offered objective, detached views of everyday life appropriate for middle-class readers; the movement offers verisimilitude of detail, a norm of experience, and an objective view of human nature.
What is realism?
100
Elements of postmodernism:
What are fragmentation, subjective point of view, black humor, antihero, etc.?
100
Postmodern authors:
Who are August Wilson, Woody Allen, and Ursula Le Guin?
200
A sentence in which the main sentence—or independent clause—is in front, and the fragment—or dependent clause—is behind:
What is a loose sentence?
200
I am so happy that we are finished with this class and that we can now watch movies.
No comma(s) needed.
200
This movement developed at the end of the 19th century; with its "scientific" point of view, it used narrative techniques that reflected this orientation, embracing such new technologies as photography and grappling with Freud's theories of a primitive "id" and the Unconscious, a new inner landscape; Darwin was a force behind this movement as he suggested that the strong survive and the weak are destroyed: this scientific "law of life," as its adherents thought of it, ran counter to religion and genteel morality.
What is naturalism?
200
Elements of naturalism:
What are critique of the industrial wealth of the bourgeoisie; extreme settings; characters are usually lower class; the characters confront major crises and are destroyed by them—doomed by their own animalistic shortcomings?
200
Theme of Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat":
What is "you reap what you sow"?
300
A sentence in which the fragment—or dependent clause—is in front, and the main sentence—or independent clause—is behind:
What is a periodic sentence?
300
(Its/It's) a beautiful day!
What is "It's"?
300
This movement refers to work that represents the transformation of traditional society under the pressures of innovation and that breaks down traditional literary forms in doing so. It began as a European response to the effects of World War I, which were far more devastating on the Continent than they were in the U.S.
What is modernism?
300
Elements of realism:
What are believable locales; attacks on social mores and manners but rarely critical of the political foundations of society itself; the plot works toward the restoration of order and characters’ proper location in class hierarchies; the characters are usually middle class.
300
Recurring rhetorical techniques in Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat":
What are biblical allusions, colloquial language, and verisimilitude of detail?
400
Sentence in which a verb comes before the subject:
What is an inverted sentence?
400
I was (effected/affected) by the storm.
What is affected?
400
This movement is a late-20th-century (post-World War II) movement in the arts, architecture, and criticism that includes skeptical interpretations of culture, literature, art, philosophy, history, economics, architecture, fiction, and literary criticism.
What is postmodernism?
400
Realist authors:
Who are Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Fredrick Douglass?
400
Theme of Jack London's "To Build A Fire"?
What is nature transcends man?
500
Punctuation that adds emphasis to what’s behind it:
What is a dash?
500
It was (to/too/two) cold (there/their/they're) for any vegetation to grow.
What is "too" and "there"?
500
Elements of modernism:
What are fragmentation, omission of explanations, and shifts in perspectives?
500
Modern authors:
Who are Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T.S. Eliot?
500
Literary elements most prevalent in Ernest Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place":
What are existential, nihilist elements?
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